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Deirdre Coghlan Murray, the managing director of Clark
A workforce survey taken along five counties on the M7 motorway corridor has found that more than half (52%) of companies that responded are optimistic and expect their activity to increase in the next 12 months.
But skills shortages are anticipated to make recruitment challenging for 48% of companies.
Businesses said the impact of skills shortages will affect their ability to deliver projects for 43% and the continuation of planned growth or expansion for 40%.
The survey of SMEs and multinationals was carried out by by recruitment and HR consultancy firm Clark with the collaboration of Maynooth University, County Kildare Chamber and Grant Thornton.